Power Outages in Dane County, WI
As of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC, about 162 customers are without power in Dane County, WI across 1 reported incident. Adams-Columbia Electric Coop, Madison Gas & Electric Co, Rock Energy Cooperative, Wisconsin Electric Power Co and Wisconsin Power & Light Co publish only a system-wide total, not county figures. There is no live feed for Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light), City of Stoughton - (WI), Sun Prairie Utilities, Village of Black Earth - (WI), Village of Mazomanie - (WI), Village of Mt. Horeb - (WI) and Village of Waunakee - (WI), so outages in their service area aren't counted. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 1.4 hours.
Dane County, WI is served by 12 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/wisconsin/dane-county
- As of
- October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Dane County, WI", live data as of October 15, 2026 00:30 UTC. https://massoutage.com/wisconsin/dane-county
Not counted: no live feed for Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light), City of Stoughton - (WI), Sun Prairie Utilities, Village of Black Earth - (WI), Village of Mazomanie - (WI), Village of Mt. Horeb - (WI) and Village of Waunakee - (WI).
0.0%of this county's ~305,463 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light), City of Stoughton - (WI), Sun Prairie Utilities, Village of Black Earth - (WI), Village of Mazomanie - (WI), Village of Mt. Horeb - (WI), Village of Waunakee - (WI). Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
System-wide total only, no county split: Adams-Columbia Electric Coop, Madison Gas & Electric Co, Rock Energy Cooperative, Wisconsin Electric Power Co, Wisconsin Power & Light Co.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams-Columbia Electric Coop | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Madison Gas & Electric Co | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rock Energy Cooperative | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Wisconsin Electric Power Co | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Wisconsin Power & Light Co | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Stoughton - (WI) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sun Prairie Utilities | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Village of Black Earth - (WI) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Village of Mazomanie - (WI) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Village of Mt. Horeb - (WI) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Village of Waunakee - (WI) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Dane Countywho rely on electricity-dependent medical equipment (ventilators, oxygen concentrators, home dialysis, powered wheelchairs, and more). HHS reports counts of 1–10 as “≤11”. Medicare only, so the full at-risk population is larger.
By ZIP code (33)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53590 | 233 | ≤11 | 160 | ≤11 |
| 53704 | 223 | ≤11 | 148 | ≤11 |
| 53711 | 201 | ≤11 | 126 | ≤11 |
| 53562 | 175 | ≤11 | 108 | ≤11 |
| 53718 | 166 | ≤11 | 90 | ≤11 |
| 53589 | 147 | ≤11 | 94 | ≤11 |
| 53716 | 128 | ≤11 | 88 | ≤11 |
| 53597 | 119 | ≤11 | 76 | 0 |
| 53719 | 113 | ≤11 | 70 | ≤11 |
| 53714 | 109 | ≤11 | 76 | 0 |
| 53593 | 109 | 0 | 72 | ≤11 |
| 53705 | 100 | ≤11 | 56 | ≤11 |
| 53713 | 96 | ≤11 | 66 | ≤11 |
| 53532 | 94 | 0 | 56 | ≤11 |
| 53575 | 89 | 0 | 59 | ≤11 |
| 53558 | 65 | ≤11 | 44 | 0 |
| 53717 | 59 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| 53572 | 57 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| 53703 | 55 | ≤11 | 33 | ≤11 |
| 53527 | 44 | 0 | 27 | ≤11 |
| 53523 | 41 | ≤11 | 28 | ≤11 |
| 53559 | 37 | ≤11 | 31 | 0 |
| 53531 | 29 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 53715 | 28 | ≤11 | 19 | 0 |
| 53528 | 27 | ≤11 | 19 | 0 |
| 53508 | 22 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 53560 | 17 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 53515 | 16 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 53517 | 14 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 53726 | 12 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 53598 | 12 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 53571 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 53529 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.
Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Dane County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Dane County right now.
Dane County has been under 15 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Freeze Warning on October 17, 2026.
- Flood Watch ×6
- Freeze Warning ×3
- Flood Advisory ×2
- Special Weather Statement ×2
- Flash Flood Warning ×1
- Freeze Watch ×1
Latest Dane County, WI outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 20m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 790 customers out (0.3% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 55m
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 393 customers out
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 1,071 customers out (0.4% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 5m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 2,218 customers out (0.8% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 2h 4m
Hardest-hit cities in Dane County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Live outage counts are tracked at the county level; a city-by-city split within Dane Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Dane County went about 1.4 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 46,973 customers.
The US EIA reports Wisconsin utilities averaged 4.4 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 1.4 hrs.
Worst year here was 2024 (peak 46,973 customers out) · decade average 1.0 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 933 | 2,874 | 0.3 |
| 2016 | 806 | 16,821 | 0.9 |
| 2017 | 829 | 15,944 | 0.7 |
| 2018 | 1,030 | 6,816 | 0.8 |
| 2019 | 995 | 10,308 | 0.7 |
| 2020 | 991 | 3,389 | 0.4 |
| 2021 | 1,056 | 11,430 | 0.7 |
| 2022 | 992 | 18,824 | 1.4 |
| 2023 | 1,020 | 16,785 | 0.9 |
| 2024 | 614 | 46,973 | 3.3 |
| 2025 | 77 | 8,497 | 1.4 |
Cost of power in Dane County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Dane County, customer-weighted across the utilities serving it (US EIA, 2025). Retail prices aren't published at the county level; this is a derived estimate.
- Wisconsin Electric Power Co20.5¢1,056,086 cust
- Wisconsin Power & Light Co18.5¢440,746 cust
- Madison Gas & Electric Co21.1¢148,482 cust
- Adams-Columbia Electric Coop19.0¢36,159 cust
- Sun Prairie Utilities12.1¢17,082 cust
- City of Stoughton - (WI)12.9¢8,338 cust
Weighted by each utility's residential customer count (utilities report customers at the state level; a per-county share isn't published). Rising retail prices track a national demand surge; see energy & the data-center boom.
Relatively High ice storms exposure · 1.0 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Dane County: FAQ
- How often does Dane County, WI lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Dane County, WI logged 77 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 1.4 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Dane County, WI?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 46,973 customers without power, beginning May 22, 2024 and lasting about 1d 23h.
- Is there a power outage in Dane County, WI right now?
- Yes, about 162 customers are currently without power across 1 reported incident(s).
- Which utilities serve Dane County, WI?
- Tracked electric providers include Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light), Madison Gas & Electric Co, Wisconsin Electric Power Co, Wisconsin Power & Light Co.
Madison. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Dane County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Dane County.
53508, 53515, 53517, 53523, 53527, 53528, 53529, 53531, 53532, 53558, 53559, 53560, 53562, 53571, 53572, 53575, 53589, 53590, 53593, 53597, 53598, 53703, 53704, 53705, 53706, 53711, 53713, 53714, 53715, 53716, 53717, 53718, 53719, 53726, 53792
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin Electric Power Co | 3.1 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| Adams-Columbia Electric Coop | 1.8 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| Rock Energy Cooperative | 0.6 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| City of Stoughton - (WI) | 0.6 hrs | No live feed | - |
| Madison Gas & Electric Co | 0.8 hrs | Live · total only | - |
| Sun Prairie Utilities | 0.2 hrs | No live feed | - |
| Village of Waunakee - (WI) | 0.3 hrs | No live feed | - |
| Alliant Energy (Interstate Power & Light) | - | No live feed | - |
| Wisconsin Power & Light Co | - | Live · total only | - |
| Village of Black Earth - (WI) | - | No live feed | - |
| Village of Mazomanie - (WI) | - | No live feed | - |
| Village of Mt. Horeb - (WI) | - | No live feed | - |
Data from DOE/ORNL ODIN, DOE EAGLE-I, EIA Form 861 (utility reliability), EIA electricity retail prices and FEMA National Risk Index, every source we read. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Wisconsin customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/55025 and /api/v1/counties/55025/history. Live data as of .